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File: Default.aspx

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="AuthorBrowser" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <asp:label id="Label1" 
                   runat="server" 
                   Width="120px" 
                   Height="20px">Select Author:</asp:label>&nbsp;
    <asp:dropdownlist id="lstAuthor" 
                      runat="server" 
                      Width="256px" 
                      Height="22px" 
                      AutoPostBack="True" 
                      onselectedindexchanged="lstAuthor_SelectedIndexChanged">
    </asp:dropdownlist>
        <br />
    <asp:label id="lblResults" runat="server" Width="384px" Height="168px">
    </asp:label>
  </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

File: Default.aspx.cs

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Web.Configuration;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Text;

public partial class AuthorBrowser : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    private string connectionString = WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["Pubs"].ConnectionString;


    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!this.IsPostBack)
        {
            FillAuthorList();
        }
    }

    private void FillAuthorList()
    {
        lstAuthor.Items.Clear();
        string selectSQL = "SELECT au_lname, au_fname, au_id FROM Authors";

        SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(connectionString);
        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(selectSQL, con);
        SqlDataReader reader;

        try
        {
            con.Open();
            reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
            while (reader.Read())
            {
                ListItem newItem = new ListItem();
                newItem.Text = reader["au_lname"] + ", " + reader["au_fname"];
                newItem.Value = reader["au_id"].ToString();
                lstAuthor.Items.Add(newItem);
            }
            reader.Close();
        }
        catch (Exception err)
        {
            lblResults.Text = "Error reading list of names. ";
            lblResults.Text += err.Message;
        }
        finally
        {
            con.Close();
        }
    }

    protected void lstAuthor_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        string selectSQL;
        selectSQL = "SELECT * FROM Authors ";
        selectSQL += "WHERE au_id='" + lstAuthor.SelectedItem.Value + "'";

        SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(connectionString);
        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(selectSQL, con);
        SqlDataReader reader;

        try
        {
            con.Open();
            reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
            reader.Read();

            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            sb.Append("<b>");
            sb.Append(reader["au_lname"]);
            sb.Append(", ");
            sb.Append(reader["au_fname"]);
            sb.Append("</b><br />");
            sb.Append("Phone: ");
            sb.Append(reader["phone"]);
            sb.Append("<br />");
            sb.Append("Address: ");
            sb.Append(reader["address"]);
            sb.Append("<br />");
            sb.Append("City: ");
            sb.Append(reader["city"]);
            sb.Append("<br />");
            sb.Append("State: ");
            sb.Append(reader["state"]);
            sb.Append("<br />");
            lblResults.Text = sb.ToString();

            reader.Close();
        }
        catch (Exception err)
        {
            lblResults.Text = "Error getting author. ";
            lblResults.Text += err.Message;
        }
        finally
        {
            con.Close();
        }

    }
}

File: Web.config

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="Pubs" connectionString="Data Source=localhost\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=Pubs;Integrated Security=SSPI"/>
  </connectionStrings>
</configuration>








18.42.SqlServer
18.42.1.Connect to SQL server with integrated Authentication or SQL Authentication
18.42.2.Execute delete command with SqlCommand against SqlServer
18.42.3.You can connect to a Local database named MyLocalData.mdf by using the following connection string:
18.42.4.For example, the following connection string enables you to connect to a Server database named MyData:
18.42.5.You use SQLCMD by opening a command prompt and connecting to your database with the following command:
18.42.6.Read data from SQL server and fill asp:dropdownlist (C#)
18.42.7.Handle table relationship (C#)
18.42.8.Insert, update and delete (C#)